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Memorial to Wojciech Rychlewicz in the Catholic cemetery in Feriköy, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2023
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Memorial to Wojciech Rychlewicz in the Catholic cemetery in Feriköy

ID: dok_pom-000005-P/148968

Memorial to Wojciech Rychlewicz in the Catholic cemetery in Feriköy

Monument in the form of a tall vertical slab on a base. On the front an engraved inscription (1). Above the inscription a portrait of Wojciech Rychlewicz. The base covered with a narrow slab. The monument is located in sector 7C of the cemetery.

Inscription:

1. PAMIĘCI WOJCIECHA RYCHLEWICZA (1903-1964) / SZEFA POLSKIEGO KONSULATU GENERALNEGO W STAMBULE, / KTÓRY W CZASIE II WOJNY ŚWIATOWEJ / URATOWAŁ OD ZAGŁADY SETKI ŻYDÓW, / WYSTAWIAJĄC FAŁSZYWE ŚWIADECTWA WYZNANIA KATOLICKIEGO / UMOŻLIWIAJĄC UCIECZKĘ Z WOJENNEJ EUROPY //.

2. II. DÜNYA SAVAŞI SIRASINDA / YÜZLERCE YAHUDI'YE KATOLIK MEZHEBINE / AIDIYET SERTIFIKASI DÜZENLEYEREK SAVAŞ HALINDEKI / AVRUPA'DAN KAÇMALARINA IMKAN SAĞLAYAN VE HOLOKOST'TAN KURTARAN / POLONYA CUMHURIYETI ISTANBUL BAŞKONSOLOSLUĞU / MISYON ŞEFI WOJCIECH RYCHLEWICZ (1903-1964) ANISINA. //.

3. IN MEMORY OF WOJCIECH RYCHLEWICZ (1903-1964), / HEAD OF THE POLISH CONSULATE GENERAL IN STANBUL, / WHO SAVED HUNDREDS OF JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST / BY PROVIDING THEM WITH FALSE CATHOLIC IDENTITY PAPERS, / THUS ENABLING THEIR ESCAPE FROM WARTIME EUROPE. //.

Dimensions:

190 x 142 x 60 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Publication:

06.12.2023

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Aleksandra Dąbkowska, Dawid Mendrek

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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Memorial to Wojciech Rychlewicz in the Catholic cemetery in Feriköy
Memorial to Wojciech Rychlewicz in the Catholic cemetery in Feriköy, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2023